Falwell’s lawyer, Norman Grutman, began by asserting: “Deliberate, malicious character assassination is not protected by the First Amendment.” Rehnquist’s opinion confronted this argument by noting, “In the world of debate about public affairs, many things done with motives that are less ...
Joining host Mark Norman on this episode of The Folklore Podcastis Dr Ceri Houlbrook, an historical ethnographer and archaeologist who works as research assistant on the Concealed Revealed project, which is asking just this question. Abandoned Shoes In many ways, shoes function the same as a coat...
It became the custom for rich people and fighting men like the Norman soldiers, whose ways of life put their souls in such great jeopardy, to pay monks to do the praying they were too busy to do for themselves. This had one profound effect: prayer became a commodity. Terry Jones, Mediev...